Greenwich, Connecticut

Area Profile

14,792 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Greenwich, in Western Connecticut Planning Region.

51out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 23% of 4,203 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 12 sources
Opportunity3,322nd of 4,206 cities measured42
SchoolsTop 3% of 4,162 cities measured91
Growth2,327th of 4,224 cities measured48
Housing affordability4,114th of 4,225 cities measured29
Climate2,753rd of 4,225 cities measured65
Physical resilience3,159th of 4,226 cities measured32
Access2,769th of 4,226 cities measured88
Economic stability3,124th of 4,226 cities measured43
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable cities measured: unemployment is 5.0% and the Opportunity signal places Greenwich in the bottom 21%. The unemployment rate is published for Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which contains Greenwich, rather than for Greenwich alone.

Public schools test above most of the state: 63% of students met the mathematics standard, placing the area in the top 3% of published profiles for schools.

2,254 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 8% of the prior year — steady rather than turning. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which contains Greenwich, rather than for Greenwich alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
14,792
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$134,914
Top 7% nationally
Density
3,055/sq mi
4.8 sq mi of land
Median age
43.9
2024 ACS 5-Year
Nearest major airport
JFK
28 mi · John F Kennedy Intl
Median home value
$1,515,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which contains Greenwich, is 5.0% — higher than in all but 25% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment across Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which contains Greenwich, fell 4.2% over the past year, to 323,073 employed residents.

70% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 96% of measured US cities.

Median household income of $134,914 is higher than in 93% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsWestern Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$185,65899th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftWestern Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$152,62299th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$21,2412024 ACS 5-Year$134,914Top 7%of 29,3262024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$14,1992024 ACS 5-Year$125,748Top 1%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year10.9%Bottom 49%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±3.1 min2024 ACS 5-Year30.0 minBottom 34%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year70.3%Top 4%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year50.4%6th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentWestern Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figureJuly 2026323,073Top 25%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figureJuly 2026−3.9%Bottom 8%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figureJuly 2026−4.2%Bottom 3%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceWestern Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figureJuly 2026340,13275th percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year76.8%Bottom 45%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageBridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$84,700Top 17%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageBridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$61,470Top 12%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year11.8%99th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figureJuly 2026+1.3%Bottom 2%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateWestern Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figureJuly 20265.0%Bottom 25%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year25.4%92nd percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

2021202220232024136k127k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $134,914 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons12,230$37,330
General and Operations Managers11,140$137,230
Home Health and Personal Care Aides10,850$38,110
Fast Food and Counter Workers8,660$36,550
Registered Nurses8,370$105,660
Cashiers8,210$36,420

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which contains this city.

63% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 76% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 11.1 students for every full-time teacher across 7 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
7
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
11.1
across all schools here
Math proficiency
62.7%
Top 12% in Connecticut
Reading proficiency
76.3%
Top 9% in Connecticut
All 7 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Greenwich High SchoolGreenwich School District2,62013.466%83%
Western Middle SchoolGreenwich School District5638.961%72%
Central Middle SchoolGreenwich School District4839.366%73%
North Street SchoolGreenwich School District41111.182%87%
New Lebanon SchoolGreenwich School District37510.437%57%
Hamilton Avenue SchoolGreenwich School District2998.142%52%
Julian Curtiss SchoolGreenwich School District2368.457%62%

28.7% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Connecticut’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 7% above the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 107.0, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area is up 53% over five years, and up 5.1% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

The typical renter household here spends 34% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $2,082 a month.

A median home at $1,515,700 costs 7.4 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $204,909, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Cost of living
107.0

Prices here run about 7% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
34.3%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
7.4×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Median gross rent
$2,082
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$1,515,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Greenwich’s median household income of $134,914, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area’s figure2023107.0Bottom 30%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+5.1%79th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+53.3%87th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+84.2%36th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±22024 ACS 5-Year7.4Bottom 2%of 26,9012024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year54.1%13th percentileof 31,8402024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3662024 ACS 5-Year6,74191st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$3492024 ACS 5-Year$2,082Bottom 7%of 23,2172024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$235,3902024 ACS 5-Year$1,515,70099th percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes2024 ACS 5-Year$10,000+—2024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$54,9292024 ACS 5-Year$204,909Top 1%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year34.3%Bottom 22%of 23,0522024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±702024 ACS 5-Year10189th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year1.5%66th percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year11.2%68th percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±2002024 ACS 5-Year85794th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

48/ 100
Ranks 2,327 of 4,224 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

76% of the 2,254 units permitted over the past twelve months are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses. The multifamily share is published for Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which contains Greenwich, rather than for Greenwich alone.

Federal tax returns show Western Connecticut Planning Region, which contains Greenwich, lost about 0.6% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $185,658, above the $152,622 of households that moved out.

At 3.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which contains Greenwich, rather than for Greenwich alone.

Units permitted
2,254
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
3.6
Top 39% nationally
Year over year
+8%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
76.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
−0.6%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
81%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$185,658
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$152,622
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Westchester County, NY 3,499 people · 15% of arrivals
  2. New York County, NY 2,394 people · 10% of arrivals
  3. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT 1,830 people · 7.9% of arrivals
  4. Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT 1,003 people · 4.3% of arrivals
  5. Bronx County, NY 950 people · 4.1% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT 3,109 people · 12% of departures
  2. Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT 1,990 people · 7.5% of departures
  3. New York County, NY 1,941 people · 7.3% of departures
  4. Westchester County, NY 1,475 people · 5.6% of departures
  5. South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 1,072 people · 4.1% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Greenwich, CT is not one. This is the figure for Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which contains this city.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 83°F and January a low of 22°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 47.8 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station WESTCHESTER CO AP, 5.0 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals47.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals22°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals83°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals44°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

32 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hurricane and earthquake, with inland flooding alone responsible for 71% of it.

Inland floodingElevated
HurricaneElevated
EarthquakeModerate
Coastal floodingModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: strong wind, ice storm, winter weather, heat wave, lightning, tornado, cold wave, drought, wildfire, hail, avalanche, volcanic activity, tsunami.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Violent crime
17
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year
Property crime
716
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year

Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.

Greenwich's police department reported 17 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, lower than most places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 716.

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Reported by Greenwich Police Department for a population of 64,915, across all twelve months of 2025. That department covers a noticeably different population from the 14,792 in this place itself, so it polices an area wider or narrower than the boundary used elsewhere on this page. Offenses are published by police department rather than by town, so this department was matched to this city by name within the state. Reported crime counts what was reported to and recorded by police.

Offenses are reported to the FBI by Greenwich’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Greenwich (Western Connecticut Planning Region) rather than Greenwich itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Death-certificate rates
The CDC publishes these rates by county, and no county figure could be attached to this page.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest John F Kennedy Intl at 28 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year92.4%Top 38%of 31,7112024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle28 miBottom 30%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle6Top 27%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year4.9%Top 36%of 31,7112024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
John F Kennedy IntlJFK28 mi14,511 ft
Newark Liberty IntlEWR37 mi9,999 ft
New York Stewart IntlSWF41 mi11,817 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
BridgeportGreater Bridgeport Planning Region149,15337Bridgeport vs Greenwich
StamfordWestern Connecticut Planning Region137,14454Stamford vs Greenwich
NorwalkWestern Connecticut Planning Region92,18752Norwalk vs Greenwich
DanburyWestern Connecticut Planning Region87,26349
BethelWestern Connecticut Planning Region11,40454
Trumbull CenterGreater Bridgeport Planning Region10,26451

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
SafetyFederal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer
Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency
2025 calendar year
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated September 26, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

ZIP codes in Greenwich

1 ZIP area

Every ZIP area in Greenwich with census figures of its own, largest first. The ones linked below diverge enough from the city as a whole to carry a full profile; the rest track Greenwich closely, so their figures are here rather than on a page that would repeat this one. An Area Score is calculated for published profiles only, which is why it is blank on those rows.

ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueArea Score
0683024,880$146,654$1,660,700—